Who do we have here? A Glasgow University genetics graduate who has already established her name by co-founding Para La Tierra, a conservation group that runs the Laguna Blanca eco-reserve in Paraguay. Scientists and researchers go there to study at one of the world's most intriguing habitats.

Sounds like fancy holiday retreat. It's an eco-reserve, so it is idyllic, but the work Atkinson and her team are doing is essential. They have already spotted more than 50 species never seen in Paraguay before.

Impressive. So what's next? Karina was just been named young laureate at the Rolex Global Awards for Enterprise in Delhi – a very big deal. There are plans to extend work into other reserves, as well as expanding their education programme, but for that to happen they need to raise extra funding.

She says: "There are no big animals here like there are in Africa, but there are plenty of reptiles and amphibians just waiting to be discovered."